Comparative administrative change and reform lessons learned / edited by Jon Pierre and Patricia W. Ingraham.

Other author Ingraham, Patricia W.
Other author Pierre, Jon.
Other author Peters, B. Guy.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMontreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Descriptionx, 349 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Administrative agencies--Reorganization.
Civil service reform.
Public administration.
Comparative government.
Administration publique--Réorganisation.
Fonction publique--Réforme.
Administration publique.
Institutions politiques comparées.

Contents Ideas in action : why the reality of the administrative reform grinder matters / Patricia Ingraham and Jon Pierre -- The ideas of reform : reforming governance and accountability. Change and continuity : an institutional approach to institutuions of democratic government / Johan P. Olser -- The ideas of reform : leaders and change. New public leadership for public service reform / Geert Bouckaert ; Leaders and leadership in administrative reform / Ian Thynne -- The ideas of reform : management systems and other reformed tools. Simply the best? The international benchmarking of reform and good governance / Christopher Pollitt ; Cyber-bureaucracy : if information technology is so central to public administration, why is it so Ghetto-ized? / Christopher Hood and Helen Margetts -- The design of reform : the evolution of policy tools. Reforming management and management systems : impacts and issues / John Halligan -- The design of reform : western ideas and models in non-western settings. Implementing developed countries' administrative reforms in developing countries : the case of México / José Luis Méndez ; Western models and administrative reform in China : pragmatism and the search for modernity / John P. Burns ; Bureaucrats, politicians, and the transfer of administrative reform into Thailand / Bidhya Bowornwathana -- Change and reform in a multinational context. Change and reform in the European Union / Alberta M. Sbragia -- Looking back at reform efforts : what worked? Success and failure of reform : taking stock / Donald J. Savoie ; Conclusions : the future of public management / Jon Pierre.
General noteFestschrift in honour of B. Guy Peters.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-335) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010481902
ISBN9780773536593 (bound)
ISBN0773536590 (bound)
ISBN9780773536609 (pbk.)
ISBN0773536604 (pbk.)

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